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Site Information, is Ibe basis of intelligent purchasing. You can. get this information by reading the ads. . ' . Result Producers States man Classified ads are real re sult producers. Read thepi. SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS U r1 fl n m rfi rtVi r1 n il lUU U Ul 1L I U LJ-LiVy U VlU U U U U UVLZU L U I II II W r I MaanaM I I 1 w I 1 mm ,. lliaillril . I 'xaiaaaaaaa 1. ' i ILL01 RATES INCOFIPORATED IN TAX BILL 'Senate Finance Committee Votes Schedule of Treas ury Department Into Rev enue Bill . ' DEMOCRATS ALL VOTE AGAINST PLAN ADOPTED La Follette and McCcnnick Absent arid Proxies Not" Requested, Report - t Washington. March 24.- The Mellon Income tax rate ached ule was toted Into the revenue bill tonight by the senate finance committee in place of the Long- worth compromise adopted by the , This schedule, the center of con troversy in the tax bill was adopt-1 ed by a vote of 8 to 7. Kot all members of the commit tee were present but those ' absent were voted by proxy, except Sen ators McCormick of Illinois and La Follette of Wisconsin, republi cans, , whose proxies, Chairman Smoot said in response to ques tions after the meeting, had not "been -asked for. ; ' - The committee is composed of 10 republicans and seven deino- . era ta. . Senators Qerry of Rhode ( isianu anu Jtveeu oi aussoun, doiu democrats were absent tonight but were voted by proxy against incor poration of the Mellon rates in the bill, so that the seven committee members of that party stood as a unit in opposition to the proposal. The republicans present were Senators Curtis of Kansas, Reed of Pennsylvania, Stanfield of Ore gon, and Smoot of Utah. Those absent but toted by proxy were Senators Watson of Indiana, Ernst of Kentucky, McLean of Connect! cut and Elkins of West Virginia, giving a total, or elgnt for the Mel Jon plan. , , ' ,. The position of both Senator McCormick, who is out of the city and of Senator La. Follette. who is . at home here ill, toward the Mellon rates has been represented j Dj repuoiican commuiee meuiireis i recently as doubtful. Chairman Smoot in saying that the proxies of thesatwo senators had not been asked for; did not go into the reasons. E Land Plowed Up During War Not Be ' Seeded Coming Season PENDLETON. Ore., March 24 About 20.0Q0 acres of marginal land in Umatilla county that was plowed up and eeeded to wheat during war days for the first time, will not be plowed this year and will be permitted to revert to sordo" a sutel ment made today by Fred Benuion, agricultural agent, following num erous conferences with farmers who operate the lands in question. - Abandonment ot 20,000 acres means that the county's wheat acreage .will be cut te per cfnt. i ne average iiu ii.creasejdl Bennion poirted out, as the land that is to be abar-doned is thft lowest nroCUClnS land in thel vuauij, , THE WEATHER OREGON: Cloudy Tuesday; moderate westerly winds. LOCAL WEATHER : (Monday) Maximum- temperature, 57. Minimum temperature. 38. River, 1.6 feet; stationary.. Rainfall, .14. inch. Atmosphere,' cloudy, Wind, northwest. wmiwm era ii MINISTERS I, AND ALDERMEN AIR VIEWS ON GAMBLING Fate of the "Hickies" Hangs In Balance Pastors Demand That Ordinance Be En forced to Letter Or Changed to Avoid Confusion Mayor's Enforce the present gambling ordinance as it is or change it so that the police will be able the demand made by Rev. Blaine the board of governors of the mayor uiesy ana raemoers 01 me - mr y-i ? 1 - 1 m A t council, at a special meeting held last night. Should the de mand be complied with either of "hickies" or trade checks to prizes at "500" parties and the at the Kiwams and other club must be changed. TO CIRCLE GLOBE To Race American Fliers for rtOnorS Umy une nane 10 Be Used londom. March 24 .(Bv Asl gocla ted n. iJL.-iintih HUB irmen wm neaa soumwara .overrthat , wonjd enforce every ordi thgsea from Southampton tomor- row in an attempt to fly around I 4. J expect io ny to w"s iue day, and go from there to Brindist. I Fnh nt th trio helon&rit to the I i fnr,0 K hx.ir ffnr tnlmen whose characters and reputa , , .... . cuxie me en inuure iaB icaus who left California last week to turn the trick is purely a pri vate venture, they being supported financially by the corporations which built their plane and its engine, and the petrol manufac- turers. Tney will, nowever, nave at their disposal the facilities of the air forc& depots, along the British trade routes and in the overseas possessions oi tne em pire. The British airmen wilt use only one plane, comparea witn tour which America has started around, the world. It is an amphlttan Vickers Vulture, fitted with a 45 horsepower motor. E Foot and Mouth Disease Ap pears m Four California Counties SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Further spread of the foot and mouth disease in central Callfor- Ia: u"an0e f ! V2"n gest stockyards in San Francisco. and emergency plans for a closer quarantine on infected areas, were today's developments in the foot and mouth epidemic. The Miller and Lux stockyards here were Quarantined after the ma"de Ug appearance ln a shipment of hogs which reached the yards Thursday from Madera rnnnv Tha 1 1 fi Vine a ra tn ha . 1 , i: .. nounced. The federal Quarantine tonieht had been extended to cover the four counties of Mariposa, Mer - ced, Stanislaus and Madera, that MB U REPORTED territory including some of thel or tne purest pobbidib ana wB rtnoc hard, nf dairv rattle in thelhere with motives as pure as had ?taJ , Tt, x(j Annniv .nnrvlnr ..t. TM .mMnAt ,trinr nnor.rtlno menu. nres were sketched for 1 Alameda county Action was taken to close ail , ll6UWjr icuiufi : iuiv vuc soum-easrn par , JJf. except iu icraoua wiui, .t otwuii business, " LAWYERS Ire Aroused. and willincr to enforce it was E. Kirkpatrick, representing First Methodist church, of V A A f A 1 A ponce comnmiee 01 tne ciiy the ordinance must stop giving players in card rooms, of ferof giving of the attendance prize luncheons, or else the ordinance Objection was made by Mayor Giesy to the wording of the reso lution recently adopted by the of ficial board of the First Methodist church, in which it was stated "from oral statements of a mem ber of the official board and from other reliable sources, information has reached the undersigned that - ff."1! nt5fi J1"0"6 Js countenanced, and permitted within the city limits An injustice has been done to the men who have served your city faithfully." Mayor Giesy said. speaking -to Rev. Jir. KirKpatricK "When I took office I Dromised nance. I selected the best men available for the police committee, Ralph Thompson, A. F. Marcus, and after the first of the year S. IE. Purvine, who took the place of r. l. simeral because of commit tee rearrangements. These are Itions are beyond reproach. I feel that such a resolution as was sent to me is a direct insult to them. If there is a gambling game in the city we will close it. It is easy tA oav iromrtllnv 4a Vi DTO ni thfiTP Kut geUJng evldence Is another thine. No odor of violations of morai ,aws wlll countenanced Bays Mayor Misunderstood The mayor misunderstood the motives behind the resolution," Mr .Kirkpatrick replied, "We had two things in mind, bringing in formation to the officials and to assure the officials that they had the backing of public sentiment. I have no personal , information, but Henry Vandevort, who eame before the Salem Ministerial asso ciation, has evidence." Vandevort Called Henry Vandevort was called upon by Mayor Giesy. I am the gentleman who went before the Ministerial association. Mr. Vandevort, who is also a mem ber of the city council, declared Soon after the rambling ordi nance was passed it was called to my attention that it was being violated. I went to four places and found this true in three of them. I saw, gentlemen, men step to the counter and pay in trade checks for a root beer for which I had Dald 5 cents in cash. Were these checks not for value?" Glover Presents Case I think you have taken a view of hvsteria, for the committee comes tonight with, gTeat regard for the police committee. We do not criticize. I drew the resolu tion myself. Mr. Vandevort came to the Ministerial association Im bued with the desire for public service. As far as hearsay, Mr. Mayor, I have had lots of talks with you, sir, with the chief of nolice and his predecessor. The I new chief closed up a resort con I (lUCted Under VOUT regime. nOw mn nraoont nni tanza whpn 1 you xeu us you consmer uur ru- lution an insult? We will mobilize the Christian manhood of the city r this cause, uur motives are I Portia." We are here for business and will go lO me oonom oi mmBB I TTT temptation and help the men and I an1 Pt IU aatem inmga lor OCi- rT"' . w , W t rU n AfonA f Ko resolution and admit that techni- i .. . 1 (Continued on page 8) BOBBED HAIR MEANS BALD HEADEDNESS Masculine Authority on Beau ty Says Cutting Locks Sure Need for Tonic NEW YORK, March 24 Bobbed hair is a sure means for causing baldness and it won't be many years before the world is filled with baldheaded women, Jo Byrne, editor of a beauty maga zine, said in addressing the aiinual convention of the American Mas ter Hair Dresners' association to day. Milliners, he explained, in order to conform to present day hair style, have been obliged to make head bands' exceedingly tight to keep the hats on, resulting in the death of the hair. Mr. Byrne as serted that girls of the present generation would be bald before they reached maturity. Charles Nestle, vice president of the association characterized the bobbing of hair as the "great est misfortune to come to women in recent years.' " TO QUIT STATE onvict Promises Authorities to Take Family Out of State On condition that he leave;, the state with his family, a pardon was granted by Governor Pierce yesterday to Harrison Mowery, who is serving a two-year term in the state penitentiary for a statu tory charge in which a stepdaugh ter was Involved. The home of the Mowerys is in Salem. Mowery is the man whom former Warden Johnson Smith allowed to visit his home on Sundays, as a result of which another child was bora to Mrs. Mowery a few weeks aeo. Mowery hsa the promise of a job in the state of Washington. WRITER'S BROTHER DIES ELL, Wash., March 24. The Rev. Andrew Monroe, pastor of the Methodist church here, was found dead in bed vesterdav. Death was attributed to heart dis ease. He is survived bv a brother. Dr. W. A. Monroe of Tacoma. and sister, Anna Shannon Moore, a magazine writer. SNOW PALLS IN BAKER BAKER, Or., Mar. 24. Spring. with its past four days of inter mittent sunshine, ended in Baker today when hail pellets the size of peas, fell heavily for over an hour, his chanced later to dense, wet snowfall which for time impeded automobile traffic and left the ground covered with a two-inch white blanket tonight. 2185 Inches of paid advertising was carried in tlic 22 pages of the Sunday Oregon Statesman, the largest amount ever carried by any Salem newspaper in a regular edition. 1662 Lines of classified advertising was carried in this edition. No Salem paper has ever ap proached in the vicinity of this amount in any regular edi tion. ALWAYS LEADS The Oregon Statesman is en tering upon its 74th year and is leading as usual. The peo ple like it because it's fair and progressive. It helps good things and is always a wel come guest in the home. The Oregon Statesman is the PAPER THAT GOES HOME MM D H. F. SINCLAIR I S CERTIFIED FOR CONTEMPT Lessee of Teapot Dome Faces Federal Court Charge for Refusal to Testify Before Committee SON-IN-LAW OF FALL ALSO REFUSES TO TALK Special Counsel for Oil Cases Return From West; Grand Jury Hearing Set WASHINGTON, March 24. H. P. Sinclair, lessee of the Teapot Dome was certified to the federal courts here today by the senate for contempt proceedings because of his refusal to answer any fur ther questions put by the oil in vestigators, i At the same time another wit ness, C. C. Chase, customs collec tor at El Paso and son-in-law of Albert B. Fall, also refused to tea-, tify before the committee, taking the position that his answers might tend to incriminate him. Special government counsel in the oil cases returned to Washing ton from the west, conferred with President Coolidge and announced they would present the cases to a grand jury here about April 10. A subpoena was issued for Lewis W. Baldwin, president o t- tb pire Trust company of New York, of whom the committee will seek to learn that collateral was used to secure a note in that bank which Will H. Hays, former chair man of the republican national committee has testified was paid off with a contribution of $75,000 from Sinclair. Harold Vivian, a New York Times reporter, told the investiga tors that Joseph J. O'Neill, at tached to Hays' New York office, was authority for an article writ ten by him that it was understood Hays would testify that Sinclair had made a large stock contribu tion to help wipe out the deficit of the republican national committee after the 1920 cam paign. Chairman Ladd read into the record a telegram from O'Neill denying that he had authorized any such statement. Vivian on tne witness stand declared this telegram was "almost in its en tirety false." Carmi A. Thompson of Cleve land, campaign manager in Ohio for President Coolidge and a close friend of the late President Hard ing, testified that he knew noth ing of any "oil deals" at the re publican national convention at Chicago in 1920. From Charles E. OOlschlager and Michael Cirelli, both of Phil adelphia the committee received testimony that Martin J. Powers a Philadelphia attorney had said that he, James G. Darden and John McGlynn were interested in obtaining a lease of Teapot Dome and that they were to put up $40, 000 each. Powers denied that he was in any way connected with 4he Wyoming naval oil reserve and as serted that other-stories told about him were "ignominous lies W. W. Tarbell, an oil operator of New York, told the committee there had been a "good deal of soreness among representatives of oil companies," over the lease of Teapot Dome and that a dozen companies would have bid on that reserve. Chase was on the witness stand only a few minutes. To Senator Walsh's inquiry whether he had come east last fall, the witness refused to answer and said he would take the same position with respect to all questions. Since he stood on his constitutional grounds as did Fall when he last was be fore the committee, no court ac tion against him will be proposed by the investigators Chase has been referred to in previous testimony as having vis ited Price McKinney of Cleveland last November for the purpose of asking that McKinney say he had loaned Fall $100,000; -McKinney refused, according to his testimony and Fall then obtained the consent of Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post to say that he had made such a loan. MONDAY IN WASHINGTON Curtis D. Wilbur took up his duties as secretary of the navy. Navf advices from Honduras predicted early collapse of the de facto government. The house shipping board inves tigating committee laid further plans for procedure. Illness of Senator Wheeler, dem ocrat, Montana, caused a postpone ment of the Daugherty hearing. . The house ordered investigations of the aircraft Industry and the bureau of engraving and printing. The house adopted the Fish res olution to appropriate 10,000,000 for the relief of German women and children. The interstate commerce com mission ordered a rehearing on its order for installation of automatic train control devices. A senate committee began in vestigating charges by Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, of land frauds in the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas. The house immigration commit tee in a report on the Johnson bill declared immediate cancellation of the gentlemen's agreement with Japan would be Justified, The government's oil council an nounced that presentation of evi dence in the criminal cases would be started before a District of Columbia grand jury about April 10. The senate finance committee Ls&terod upon a program -of. night sessions in considering the revenue bill and rejected amendments pro posed by both the treasury and the house. Harry F. Sinclair was ordered certified to the District of Colum bia courts by the senate for refus ing to answer questions by the committee. C. C. Chase, son-in- law of Albert B. Fall, also refused to answer questions. Speaker Gillette's Boston speech in which he compared the senate to a, ''school for scandal" and the subsequent attack upon him by Senator Caraway, democrat, Ar kansas, stirred a debate in the house which culminated in the speaker taking the floor to defend himself. Active State Account De posited With First Na tional in Metropolis Considerable surprise has been created in Salem over the action of Jefferson Myers, new state trea surer, in transferring the active state account from the United States National bank in Salem to the First National bank of Port land. It is being asked whether the fact that A. L. Mills, president of the First National in Portland s also president of the Oregon Life Insurance company, has anything to do with the move. Myers is high in the Oregon Life company, connected with the investment branch. The keeping of the account in Portland is considerable of an in convenience, and previous state treasurers have kept it in Salem because of the convenience ot local banks to the state treasurer's of fice. Daily transmittals of funds are heavy and postage will run into high figures. Transmittals also will require a day in going to Portland and a day returning Checks that are marked insuffi cient funds, which amount to con siderable every week, will present another difficulty with the funds on deposit in Portland. FOOD BELIEF VOTED WASHINGTON. March 24. Disregarding party lines, the house tonight adopted a resolution to ap propriate 110,000,000 for the pur chase of food supplies for destitute women and children In Germany, MS TRIMS FUND TO PORTLAND LINEN MANUFACTURES FROM KENT, ENGLANP, HAS EYES Owner of Linen Mesh Woman Regarding Possibilities of Capital City for Establishment of Factory to Make High Grade Household Articles, M MRS. PE1TYJ0H Better Homes Movement An nounces Plans -for Spe cial Week At-a meeting held last night at the Chamber of Commerce ot those interested in "Better Homes" week for Salem, the following of ficers were elected: Winnie Petty John, president; Dr. E. E. Fisher, vice president; C. E. Wilson, sec retary; T. M. Hicks, chairman of finance committee. The object o'f "Better Homes" week, it was explained by Mrs. Pettyjohn, was to show all who are interested in building homes or the furnishing of their homes, what could be done with a fair in vestment.- It was announced that two houses now under construc tion and possibly a third, will be fully furnished and thrown open 4. iU. ...Vltk J...Im at.- 1- k. a iu me puuiic uuiius me wren "-! uuuig iucty ii, me uaio ui me national "Better Homes" week. One of the homes Is on North Capitol street, near the F. O. Deckebach home, and the other on North Twenty-first street, just off State street. These homes will be completely furnished by various merchants in the city, with a fair relative cost kept in view. The object is to show prospective home owners what can be done with a certain investment. Committees will be appointed to arrange for a program each after noon and evening at each home. Th's will also include the appoint ment of a hostess for each of the six days at the two homes, who will not only show visitors the homes, but who will also provide the program for each afternoon and evening. The two homes or possibly three will be thrown open to the public both afternoons and evenings dur ing tne six days beginning May 11. It is probable that each house will exhibit all the comforts of a home, even including a radio in order that the prospective home- builder will know just what con stitutes an up-to-date comfortable home. WIHS DEBATE Judges Vote Two to One for Affirmative on Woild Court Question By a decision of 2 to 1 by the judges, the University of Wyom ing won the debate from Willam' ette university last night on the Question. "Resolved. That the United States should enter the World Court." Wyoming upheld the affirmative and Willamette the negative. The Judges were Prof. L. C. Pat terson of the University of Ore gon, Prof. F. A. Magruder of Ore gon Agricultural college and Jus tice John McCourt of the Oregon supreme court. The two former voted for the affirmative. The Wyoming debaters were Herbert Woodman and Ralph. Con- well, and the Willamette speakers were Robert ' Notson and Ralph Emmons. The Wyoming team was accompanied by its, coach IL IL Higgens. It was the eighth victory for Wyoming on this question this season. . ESDENT ON SALELZ j Plant Writes Local K. Til llanra T . To(mn) . WriAaa' home Is ln Shortlands, Kent, Eng-V land, is the head of the Deimel L.inei.-Aesn, system company, wnn fdfttrtrtas In that AAimtw toiannft. taring , the famous Beimel linen mesh underwear "and similar ar ticles. Dr.' Deimel Is now in the United States. He ha visited Sa lem and Is-a friend of Mrs. W, P.i Lord ,of this city.. ; . Under date of a few days ago,! Dr. Deimel wrote a letter to Mrs. Lord, atd, among, other things, he said: r : "As I told you, the time has ar- rived, in my opinion, when an ef- fort at creating a linen industry I in your' state is apt to meet with; success. You have' grown flax of a quality that can be easily spun! into 1 numbers required for all! household goods, such as towels! table .cloths, etc. $ "It former times we produced I a pure linen path towel, which be- came tweU "known, and for which; we had a- very satisfactory busi- ness among physicians. There is? not a daywhen some one is not) Femfndiffg tne 6f "tbe" necessity of putting it again on the market,! but I hesitate doing io, becaus the price is too high tor doctors.. : ntrlnir in AM IUPnHT rTTTV OF 85 PER CENT, on an alreadj double pre-war cost of production. Ready With, Looms "I can , easily keep a xuachis running every day on this one towel alone, without interruption. The yam required is of a suffi ciently low number, that It can be spun here without the least dif ficulty. That would be ot some uelp. The weaving of other towels is also a matter which does not take special ekill and could be easily undertaken. While it may be somewhat difficult, at the be ginning, to find domestic labor for the different steps' in; manufac turing certain goods, still a good superintendent can easily train the very intelligent labor that will be at your disposal. "I shall be ready,, at. any time. to send over a few looms, with ac cessories for- the. manufacturing of ir linen mesh cloth, t Our new est looms in our Edmonton Works (London) are -turniaj. iut t05 yards each per day, one weaver be ing able to ,ook after two na- cblnes." . . f There Are Now Three f There are now three - distinct propositions for linen mills It Sa lem, or the Salem district. One, which would be a straight old line linen mill, manufacturing all kinds of standard linen goods, is being considered by some promin ent Oregon men, among them Hon. T. B. Kay, and sponsored by Col W. B. Bar tram of Ottawa, Can ada, and his associates In Canada. The plans are being carefully pre-! pared and the connections made with the Idea of having the project; iar enougn aiong to take over -the fiber at the state flaxplant this' fall the fiber from the flax crop! or 1823. (And, of course. 'the.' fiber from future flax crops here.) (Continued on page Ave) LET THE PEOPLE KNOW The parole of Clifford Wll- son by Judge Keller has met with practically universal pro- f test. nson on ended cr lously and there was not a mitigating circumstance In his case so far as the public knows. He ras convicted for outraging little crippled girl 15 years old. John Carson protested hat Judge Kelley t grantea a parole. f Judge Kelley owes It fd the Public r to the decent people of the community, to at least explain. The Offending a Wilson has offended is the worst form of crime."? It is worse than murder. The com munity cannot afford' to have .such men running at large.